08/27: Why? Why? Why?

Kyle Snyder (3-2, 6.23) @ Cha Seung Baek (0-0, 5.40)
Boston Red Sox (71-57) @ Seattle Mariners (59-69)
14:05 PM EDT in Seattle, Washington (Safeco Field)

AUGUST 26, 2006
TV: NESN | RADIO: WEEI 850
AL EAST OUTLOOK: TB @ BAL | KC @ TOR | NYY @ LAA
KEEP AN EYE ON: MIN @ CWS

PRIOR GAME AGAINST OPPONENT: Red Sox 2, Angels 1 on 8/25/06 DECISION: W: J.J. Putz | L: Mike Timlin STAR OF THE GAME: Mike Lowell – 4 AB, 3 H, 1 RBI

GAME NOTES: Why? Why Mike Timlin, who’s already blown a game in Seattle? Why Mike Timlin, he of horrible production lately? Why? I simply don’t get it. This loss has me crushed, because this was winnable, if only a shred of logic was used. I just simply do not understand. I couldn’t stop watching the replays, the recap … all trying to know why.
And then I wake up this morning and Coco Crisp’s right shoulder hurts, affecting his throws and sapping his power.
A quote from the movie ‘Game 6’ (Michael Keaton, Bebe Neuwirth, and Robert Downey, Jr.) aptly describes last night’s loss:
“When the Mets lose, they just lose. It’s a flat feeling. But the Red Sox — here we have a rich history of interesting ways to lose a crucial game. Defeats that keep you awake, that pound in your head like the hammer of fate. You can analyze a Red Sox defeat day and night for a month and still uncover layers of complex feelings – feelings you didn’t know you were capable of. The pain has a memory all of it’s own.”